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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=12 September, 1939<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leslie Haliburton Ashmore|nick=Leslie H. Ashmore|appt=7 April, 1938<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>|end=12 September, 1939<ref>Ashmore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55.|}} f. 99.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=12 September, 1939<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|end=3 March, 1941<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|note=temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=12 September, 1939<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|end=3 March, 1941<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}} f. 44.</ref>|note=temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame-Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame-Graham|appt=May, 1941 | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Henry Venville|nick=John H. Venville|appt=24 February, 1941|end=15 May, 1941}} |
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=July, 1943{{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame-Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame-Graham|appt=15 May, 1941|end=9 July, 1943}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=9 July, 1943|end=22 December, 1944}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Cuthbert Lang|nick=Douglas C. Lang|appt=|end=27 February, 1945}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=27 February, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=14 October, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=27 February, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|end=14 October, 1945<ref>Fallowfield Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=8 September, 1945|end=16 September, 1946}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Hugh Calderon|nick=Philip H. Calderon|appt=8 September, 1945|end=16 September, 1946}} | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 29 March 2018
| H.M.S. Kent (1926) | |
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| Builder: | Chatham Royal Dockyard[1] |
| Laid down: | 15 Nov, 1924[2] |
| Launched: | 16 Mar, 1926[3] |
| Completed: | 22 Jun, 1928[4] |
| Broken up: | 1948[5] |
Service
Commissioned at Chatham on 25 June, 1928.[6]
In mid-1931 she was with the Fifth Cruiser Squadron on the China Station.[7]
Captains
- Captain James Wolfe-Murray, 23 January, 1928[8][9] – June, 1929[10] (and as Flag Captain to R/A Tyrwhitt and then to Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Arthur L. Snagge, 8 June, 1929 – August, 1929 (and as Flag Captain to R/A Arthur K. Waistell)
- Captain Bertram H. Ramsay, 27 July, 1929 – 19 June, 1931
- Captain John H. Godfrey, 20 June, 1931[11] – 16 November, 1931
- Captain Geoffrey Layton, 16 November, 1931[12] – 13 January, 1932[13] (remained aboard as Chief of Staff, additional, as Commodore, Second Class)
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, 13 January, 1932 – 11 March, 1933
- Captain Algernon U. Willis, January, 1933[14] – 20 May, 1934[15]
- Captain Ion B. B. Tower, 20 May, 1934 – 14 January, 1937 (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Leslie H. Ashmore, 7 April, 1938[16] – 12 September, 1939[17]
- Captain Douglas Young-Jamieson, 12 September, 1939[18] – 3 March, 1941[19] (temporary, initially, while Ashmore was sick)
- Commander John H. Venville, 24 February, 1941 – 15 May, 1941
- Captain Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame-Graham, 15 May, 1941 – 9 July, 1943
- Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins, 9 July, 1943 – 22 December, 1944
- Captain Douglas C. Lang, – 27 February, 1945
- Captain Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 27 February, 1945[20] – 14 October, 1945[21]
- Captain Philip H. Calderon, 8 September, 1945 – 16 September, 1946
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 248.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Ashmore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55. f. 99.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
Bibliography
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